How to Animate Film Cartoons

This is the companion book to Advanced Animation a.k.a. Animation or Animation 1 (Walter T. Foster #26) that you have been waiting for. Ref. 'Pointers on Animation to Remember' (on page 40 of #26) where it was written 'There is enough meat in these "pointers" for another book on advanced animation.'.

Following a recap of the fundamentals of the first book, Preston Blair dives straight into Timing and Spacing Patterns, Accents - Beats - Scene Timing, Camera + Technical. He also explains Still Backgrounds - Trucks - Fields, Pan Backgrounds - Overlays - Cels - Xerox, and goes more in-depth into all the areas covered in the first book, as well as a few more on top!

Although, this book can work in it's own right. It's true value comes from show more having read the first one beforehand, I feel; and I know many people who felt that the first one was too difficult for beginners. A fair point, since the original title of the first book was 'Advanced Animation' after all. However, I think that both of these books are inspirational and certainly make you want to reach for a higher standard, rather than being satisfied that you can animate stick-men. These books assume that you already know how to draw well enough to take up the Challenge of animating your work. A fair expectation I feel.
If you want to get tips from the master, you've found the right book here. show less